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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMALIA ll/LDONALLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LABELING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,989, dated February21, 1893.

Application filed March 4, 1892. $erial No. 423,705- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, AMALIA M. DONALLY, of New York, in the county andState of New York,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLabeling-Machines and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,making a part of this specificatiom My invention relates to labelingmachines of the general character indicated in the accompanying drawingsand has for its object to improve the construction and operation of suchmachines and particularly to insure the application of the label to thatportion of the bottle which has been coated with paste, to improve theoperation of paste-applying devices, to provide for the application of ala bel to the neck as well as to the body of the bottle, and to adaptthe machine for the labeling of cans as well as of bottles.

The invention consists in the improvements hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a plan View of the machine,the tables at the ends being represented as broken off: Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section on the line 41-11 of Fig. 1: Fig. 3 is a transversesection on the line w-w of Fig. 1: Fig. 4 is a partial longitudinalsection on the line :rcc of Fig. 3: Fig. 5 is a detail view of aguide-chain: Fig. 6 is a section on the line 'y y of Fig. 5: Fig. 7 is avertical section illustrating the modification of the paste-supplyingdevices: Fig. 8 is a transverse section of the label holder which isused with the construction shown in Fig. 7: Fig. 9 is atransversesection of the bed of the machine also adapted for use with theconstruction shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a detail View showing therelation of one of the guide-blocks to the neck of a bottle: Fig. 11 isa detail sectional view showing the adaptation of the machine forlabeling cans.

A suitable bed or table 10 is supported upon legs 11 at such aninclination that bottles or other cylindrical objects will roll downreadily. Nearthe upper end of the tableis formed an aperture or opening12 through which the paste may be applied to the bottle or other articleto be labeled. Below this opening is formed another opening 13 in whichthe label holder 14 is movable by hand longitudinally to vary thedistance between the pastesupplying devices and the label holderaccording to the size of the articles to belabeled. It is desirable thatthe article to be labeled should roll regularly from the paste-supplyingdevices to the label holder and to eifect this it is necessary that thebed should be practically continuous whatever the position of the labelholder may be. Accordingly I affix to the cross-bar 15, (see Fig. 4)which forms the lower edge of the opening 12, the end of an apron 16.The other end of the apron is passed over a rod or roller 17, which issupported by and moves with the label holder a weight being attached tothe apron, as shown, to keep it taut. The space between the opening 12and the label holder is consequently filled always by an apron which issufficiently stiif and unyielding to cause the bottle to roll regularlyas it passes from one point to another.

The paste-applying devices are supported by brackets 18 secured to theunder side of the bed 10 and consist of a prismatic pasteroll 19, whichhas its faces dove-tailed, as shown in Fig. 4, to receive and holdplates 20 which bear the paste-pads 21 of the form of the label to beapplied. The shaft 22 of the paste roll is adapted to be rotated by aspring or weight. As shown in Figs. 2 andet the shaft has fixed theretoa pinion 23 which meshes with a gear 24 which is driven by a spring 25and is provided with the usual winding arbor 26, ratchet 27 and pawl 28.The-shaft 22 is also provided with an escapement'wheel 29 which isengaged by a pallet 30. One end of a lever 31, which is pivoted to theunder side of the bed 10, underlies the end of the pallet whilethe otherend of the lever projects through an opening 32 into the path of thebottle or can as it approaches the paste roll. The paste roll isconsequently always under tension of the spring 25 and is released byeach bottle or can as it approaches and permitted to make a partialrotation to bring a fresh surface .into position to apply a coating ofpaste to the bottle. A feed roll 33 is journaled beneath the paste roll20 with its lower portion submerged in the paste in the trough 34, andas its upper portion should always remain in contact with the paste rollits journal-boxes 35 are supported by springs 36.

As the paste-roll is prismatic in order so that each bottle may rollover a plane surface while receiving the paste, it is desirable that thefeed roll should be supported as described in order that the plane facesof the paste-roll may be completely and uniformly coated with paste.

Guides are provided to preserve the parallelism of the bottles or cansas they roll suecessively over the paste-roll, the label-holder, and thecloth or pad 37 which insures a close contact of the label with thepasted surface. I prefer to employ two endless chains or belts 38, 38which run over wheels 39, 39 fixed to shaft 40, 40, at the upper andlower ends of the table. I affix to the chains blocks 41 having curvedsides as shown, the blocks being preferably arranged in pairs,with thecurves toward each other, thus forming between them a segmental recess.The blocks may be formed as links of the chains, as shown in Fig. 5, andthe chains travel in grooves 42 of such depth that the bottom of thesegmental recess designed to receive the base of the bottle is flushwith the surface of the table. As abottle rolls down the table it maydepart slightly from its proper position but whether the bottle fitssnugly to the curves of the blocks or not any such departure will becorrected at once through the tendency of the bottle to remain at thelowest point of the recess.

Preferably the blocks which receive the necks of the bottles are formedwith somewhat smaller and shallower recesses than the other blocks sothat the said recesses may more nearly fit the necks and so maintain thebottles in proper position.

To adapt the machine for labeling cans one block of each pair isprovided with a pin 43 (see Figs. 5 and 6) to engage the flange or rimwhich is usually formed on the end of a can and thereby to guide the canas it rolls down the bed or table. If the cans are of such length as tofill the space between the chains the pin should be seated within arecess in the block and be seated upon a spring 44, as shown in Figs. 6and 7, so that it may be pressed in to allow the can to be placed inposition and then spring out to engage the flange.

As before stated, one object of my invention is to provide for theapplication of a label to the neck or shoulder as well as to the body ofa bottle. To this end some parts of .the apparatus are modified slightlyand in Figs. 7, S and 9 I have shown such modifications as arenecessary. The paste-roll 19 remains as before,butin place of thestraight pad 21 I put apad 45 (see Figs. 7) which is formed with a planesurface a for applying paste to the body of the bottle, and with araised surface I) which is shaped to conform to the neck of the bottle.The pads may be removed readily from the roll and be replaced by othersaccording to the shapeof the bottles tobe labeled. The feed roll 33 isshaped to conform to the profile of the paste-roll. The label-holder,comprises in either case a casing 14 having a lip 46 which serves tosupport it in the aperture 13, vertical fingers 47, adjusting screws 48,and a spring follower 49 having a horizontal surface. The follower 49supports the labels which are to be applied to the body of the bottle. Asecond spring follower 50, (see Fig. 8) having its upper surfaceinclined to conform to the shape of the bottle where the label is to beapplied, supports, in line with the pad b, a pile of neck orshoulderlabels which may be held in position between a vertical finger51 and the side of the casing or other fingers as desired. To the tableor bed 10 below the label-holder, and in line with the pad I), is fixeda molding 52 (see Fig. 9) whose office is to press the label upon thebottle. The pads, the feed roll and the molding being readily replacedby others of different shape, the machine can be adapted to operate uponbottles of any shape.

I am aware that heretofore a labeling machine has been devised having abed over which the articles to be labeled may roll, a paste-supplyin gdevice, a label-holder, and guide-chains and therefore I do not claimsuch construction broadly.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, in a labeling machine, of abed over which the articles to be labeled may roll, a prismaticpaste-roll, means to cause an intermittent rotation of said pasteroll apaste-trough, a feed roll rotating in said trough, and spring pressedbearings for said feed roll to maintain the same in contact with thepaste-roll, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination,in a labeling machine, of a bed over which thearticles to be labeled may roll, a paste-roll, means for rotating saidroll, an eseapement to hold said roll against rotation and a trip forsaid escapem entadapted to be actuated by the article to be labeled asit rolls over the bed, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, in a labeling machine, of a bed over which thearticles to be labeled may roll, a paste-roll, a spring motor fordriving said roll, an eseapement wheel connected to said roll, a pallettherefor, and a trip controlling said pallet and adapted to be operatedby the article to be labeled as it rolls over the bed, substantially asshown and described.

4. In a bottle labeling machine, the combination of a roll, a paste-padsecured thereto and conforming to the shape of the bottle neck, apaste-trougli,and a feed-roll partially submerged in said trough andconformed to the shape of the paste-roll, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. In a bottle labeling machine, the combination of a bed over which thebottle may roll, a paste-roll conformed to the shape of the bottle-neck,means for supplying paste to said roll, and a label-holder having aspring follower to support the labels and inclined to conform to theshape of the bottle neck, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a bottle labeling machine, the combination of a bed over which thebottle may roll, a paste roll having a raised portion to conform to thebottle neck, a label holder to support labels in a posit-ion to conformto the bottle neck, and a molding also shaped to conform to the bottleneck and secured to the bed below the label holder and in alignmentthere with, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a bottle labeling machine, the combination of a bed over which thebottle may roll, a paste-roll, a paste-pad secured thereto having aportion adapted to apply paste to the body of the bottle and a raisedportion adapted to apply paste to the neck of the bottle, and alabel-holder having a spring follower to support labels for applicationto the body of the bottle and having a second spring follower to supportlabels for application to the neck of the bottle, substantially as shownand described.

8. In a labeling machine, the combination of a bed over which thearticles to be labeled may roll, a paste-applying device supportedbeneath an aperture in said bed and adapted to apply paste to thearticle as it rolls over the same, a label-holder supported in a secondaperture in said bed and adapted to be moved toward or from thepaste-applying device, and an apron having one end fixed to a cross-barbelow said paste-applying device and having its other end weighted andpassed over a guide carried by the label-holder, substantially as shownand described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

AMALIA M. DONALLY.

Witnesses:

A. N. J ESBERA, A. WIDDER.

